Hi Immanuel, Eike, On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:30:43PM +0200, Eike Rathke wrote: > Obviously you need a room capable to hold the expected number of people > with tables and proper seating. We were ~20 people on the Hamburg > Hackfest last weekend, ~25-30 in Munich last year, but these numbers are > probably higher than what can be expected for Montreal because Germany > is somewhat the home play for LibreOffice and within good reach for > European hackers.
For Montreal, promoting the event locally would be even more important. It would be highly helpful to find some connection to a local computer science department (maybe even get the support of a professor), to get some students on board. Print flyers and posters.[1] With regard to missing "home play", you likely need to sponsor to fly in some some experienced hackers to bootstrap the event. I would even consider calling them speakers -- it suggests a shy interested reader that he can come by and can passively consume a talk. Depending on the audience that may be the start, but in the long run, we ideally want to do an introduction and then move on to a more workshop-like feeling to get things done. > Last but not least, have fun and hack :-) One more organizational thing: Offer distibuted couchsurfing in some kind or way -- not only is it a cheap accomodation, it also helps creating social bonding[2]. Best, Bjoern [1] template: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:HackfestHamburg2013Flyer.odg [2] Im saying that as someone being told "You should call your mother more often!" on the Hackfest. ;) -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
